Life Lately via the camera roll

Before I get to our Disney trip I thought I should catch up on other things...

These are all pictures from my phone dating back to the beginning of September. 

Ella absolutely loves this baby doll. I'm not sure when or how it happened, but this doll brings her so much joy. If Ella is sad all you have to do is bring out baby, and it puts her in the best mood. Baby goes to school with Ella everyday and sleeps with her every night. My mom has a voice for this baby which Ella thinks is so funny. Baby is like another member of the family. :) 

Ella is obsessed with claw machines and bought this little claw machine with her allowance money. 

Paige takes the best naps. Is it bad nap time is my favorite time of day? :) 

Ella dressed as "Rey" from Star Wars. This is/was her costume for Mickey's Halloween Party at Disney. 

Every little girl needs a reindeer poncho. 

Paige was so proud of herself for leaving mom's morning out early...for the third week in a row. Needless to say she did not go back after the third week. I miss my three hours of freedom every Monday. 

P with her first pig tails. She has lots of hair! 

Who needs a highchair when you can just sit at the table!? 

My nice little quiet office at our new house. It's nice to snag a few moments of quiet in here. 

This sweet little girl had her first illness about a month ago. She threw up and was off all day. 

The following day both boys had to go to the vet and poor Brody came home with a cone. It only lasted a few hours before I felt bad and took it off. 

P and daddy on their morning walk while I take Ella to school. 

Two days before we were supposed to leave for Disney there was a hurricane. I was glued to the weather channel monitoring the situation. We didn't know what to do!

The day before Disney Ella woke up with a stomach virus so we knew we needed to reschedule. She ended up being sick for almost five days. I have never seen her so tired. 

Finally feeling better and eating a giant pretzel. 

This girl loves the outdoors!

Movie night watching Ghostbusters. 

Sweet little P finally got her haircut. She wouldn't leave her pony tail in so she got her bangs cut. 

My best laundry helper. 

Sweet sisters

Ella and Paige before our fall pictures. It was 85 degrees outside! Who would have thought!?

HW Halloween Weekend and the apple festival

 Back in March we planned a trip to Disney for Ella's fall break (last week) since this could be the only time Ella gets a full week for fall break, and October is supposed to be a great time to go to Disney. I never in a million years thought there would be a hurricane warning for Orlando a couple days before we were supposed to leave. I was glued to the weather channel for days trying to figure out what we were going to do. Friday morning (the day before we were supposed to leave) Ella woke up with a horrible virus. We knew what we needed to do so I got on the phone and rescheduled our trip. Although it was a bummer, it ended up being a blessing that we rescheduled. Ella was sick for days and exhausted. She would have never made it through the trip. 
Since we were at home we did a few fun things like Holiday World, the pumpkin patch, and the apple festival in Owensboro. It was kind of a rough week. Ella was having stomach aches off and on and in a horrible mood. She wasn't the only one.;) 
Against our better judgement we went to Holiday World. Ella was feeling a tad better but was still very tired. She was determined to go so we went, but we had to leave after a few hours. 
This was the first time Paige was big enough to ride the little rides. She did ok on the fishy ride. I don't think she had quite figured out what was going on yet. 

She gave Kitty Claws a five but was terrified of Holidog. 

And was totally not fond of the canoes which is probably the slowest ride at Holiday World;) 

Ella and Adam rode the swings and played a ton of games which is Ella's favorite thing. She was not in the mood for pictures so this is all I have of her. Poor girl!

Paige played a game and won her first stuffed animal. I hope she doesn't like stuffed animals as much as her sister does. 

Our last picture at Holiday World of the season. We only made it a few times this year which is not much for us but hopefully we will get back to it in a couple of years when it's easier for me to take Ella and Paige by myself. 

This past Saturday my mom graciously volunteered to go to the apple festival with us. Ella was feeling much better and pretty much back to her cheerful self. She made me get on all the spinning rides with her, which made me feel sick. I am getting way too old for spinning rides, but she loves them. We also played games and went to the petting zoo. It ended up being a hot day, but we had fun!

Pumpkin patch 2016

Every fall I look forward to going to the pumpkin patch. We have been doing this since Ella was two and now Paige is along for the fun as well. This was her first trip to the patch. While she is still too young to do most of the activities there, she still had a great time. 
Ella has been on fall break all week (and since we had to postpone our Disney trip by a couple of weeks) we decided to go on a weekday afternoon. Adam was able to take off early and go with us. It was just how we like it. Not too hot and not too crowded. 
Ella is a pro at the pumpkin patch and did all the activities they had to offer. 

While Paige ran around like a maniac....

I always have to get this picture. It's fun to see how they grow each year. 

We took a wagon ride back to the pumpkin patch and got a glimpse of what Paige will be like sitting on my lap on the airplane next weekend. This wagon ride was probably 10 minutes, and she could not sit still. She kept trying to slide off my lap. God help us all!

Adam and Ella went off to search for the biggest pumpkin they could find. While Paige and I stayed back. 

Paige found a pumpkin that was perfect for sitting. 

After a ride on the zipline and a trip down the slide we called it a day.

It was another great time at the pumpkin patch. Can't wait for next year!